{"id":2545,"date":"2017-12-24T18:13:59","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T23:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realbiblestudy.com\/?p=2545"},"modified":"2017-12-24T18:13:59","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T23:13:59","slug":"daily-bible-nugget-470-matthew-1024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/?p=2545","title":{"rendered":"Daily Bible Nugget #470, Matthew 10:24"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/fb:like>

The Nugget:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mat 10:34<\/b><\/span>\u3000 <\/span>Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.<\/span>\u3000<\/span><\/p>\n

My Comment:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here it is Christmas Eve! Now just what could be the connection of Matthew 10:34 with Christmas?<\/p>\n

Christmas is the celebration of the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. In Luke chapter 2 we find the account of many events that surrounded the birth of Christ, including\u00a0the witness of an elderly man named Simeon. He prophesied of a number of things to come that would affect Mary, the mother of Jesus, and Jesus Himself. Among the things Simeon said was this:<\/p>\n

Luk 2:35<\/b><\/span>\u3000 (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.<\/span><\/p>\n

A careful reading and study of the Gospel record will show that our Lord Jesus Christ was resisted by many during His ministry. His miracles upset the religious leaders, and so did His teaching. The Scribes and Pharisees set about to murder Jesus, they were so upset. This surely fulfilled the divinely inspired prediction given by Simeon, a prediction that reveals a very dark side to the wonderful Christmas story, a dark side frequently seen throughout the New Testament account of the life of our Lord Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

Even the family of Jesus did not believe in Him (John 7:5). Even Mary the mother of Jesus was involved in a plot to capture Jesus and turn Him over to the religious authorities, as described in the Gospel of Mark, Mark 3:31 and context and associated cross references.<\/p>\n

Briefly addressing Matthew 10:34, when Jesus said “I came not to bring peace, but a sword” He used a Figure of Speech for emphasis. What Jesus said means that the object of His coming was peace, but the effect of His coming was war.<\/p>\n

One of the great wonders of the Christmas season are the many Bible prophecies that were fulfilled by the first coming of Jesus Christ. These fulfilled prophecies prove Jesus is the Messiah promised in the Old Testament. I believe these prophecies demonstrate the divine inspiration of the Bible, the only Book in the world that contains detailed and specific predictions of events ahead of time, events which have been fulfilled in history.<\/p>\n<\/fb:like><\/fb:like><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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